US1088631A - Apparel-collar. - Google Patents

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H. E. SHUMWAY. APPAREL COLLAR. I APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1909.

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TED @ATES HARRY E. SHUMWAY, OF WATERFORD, NE W & 00., or TROY, new roar *1, a

YORK, ASSIGNOR TO VAN ZANDT, JACOBS CORPORATION 01? NEW YORK.

APPAREL-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

.ltatented Feb. 24, 1914.

Serial No. 510,164.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HA RY E. SIIUMWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterford, county of Saratoga, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Apparel-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvei'nents and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompany ing drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

My invention relates to articles of wearing apparel which have been made coinparatively stiff and rigid by laundry-starch or other stiflening material, and more especially to turn-down or fold-collars.

The object of the invention is to facilitate the insertion of buttons in buttonholes rendered comparatively stiff and rigid by laundry-starch or other stiffening material, as well as to improve the fit of the garment.

The invention consists in providing one end of a collar-band or other portion of a garment with a buttonhole having comparatively stiff and rigid walls, in which a button secured to another portion of the garment can be easily and quickly inserted, as will be hereinafter more fully described and subsequently pointed out in the claim.

Figure l of the drawings is a front elevation of a detachable turn-down collar detached, and showing; the ends wholly separated from each other. A. portion of each end of the collar-top is broken away to show the buttonholes in the ends of the band. Fig. 2 is a similar view, except that the ends are brought together to the position assumed in use.

The collar is composed of the band, 1, and the top or turn-down portion 2.

tance from the neighboring end of the top, while the other end, 4;, of the band projects a considerable distance from the neighbon f ing end of the top, and has its upper edge, 5, shaped to lit the fold, 6, when inserted therein between the band-end, 3., and the neighboring end of the collar-top. The

One l end, 3, of the band projects only a short disband end, 3, is provided with a buttonhole, 8, located just back of the neighboring end of the collar-top, as shown by solid lines in Fig. 1, and by dotted lines in Fig. 2, adapted to receive a collar-button or stud. The other end of the band is provided with a buttonholc, 9, located just back of the neiglr boring end of the collar-top, as shown by solid lines in Fig. l, and by dotted lines in Fig. 2. This buttonhole is adapted to receive the button inserted in the buttonhole, 8, and thereby secure the ends of the collar in the position shown in Fig. 2, wherein it will be seen that the ends of the collar-top nearly contact with each other, making it diflicult to insert the collar-button in the buttonhole By having the buttonhole, 9, inclined as shown, it will. not be necessary to lap the ends of the collar-band so great a distance in order to cause the whole of the button-head to pass the lower or forward end oi the huttonhole, as it would if the buttonhole was not inclined to the median longitudinal line of the collar-band. Much less stress, therefore, is required to lap the ends of the collar-band sutliciently to insert the head of the button in the buttonhole, 9, when the buttonhole is inclined. as shown, which greatly facilitates the ease of inserting the button, and this is of great importance when the buttonholes are concealed beneath the ends of the collar-tops, as shown, where they are not so easily accessible as would be the case if they were not covered. Furthermore, the inclination of the buttonhole, 9, causes that end of the collar-band to move upwardly when it is released from. the stress which caused the ends of the band to lap sufficiently to insert the button, for the reason that the upper inclined wall of the buttonhole slides along the shank of the button until the shank rests in the extreme forward lower end of the buttonhole, thereby forcing the upper edge, 5, of the hand against the fold, (S, on the other end of the collar, causing the parts to i assume their proper and intended position l while in use, as shown in Fig. 2. It should 3 be observed that the inclined buttonhole is closed and extends from the button-engag- 3 ing end obliquely upward and backward beneath the collar-top, whereby the stress between the button and the buttonhole walls tends to force the projecting end, 5, of the end of the slit for the reception of the shank 10 hand up into the fold, 6, and maintain it of the collar button. there. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set lghat I claim as new and desire to secure my hand this 24 day of July, 1909. a by otters Patent isi r A turned down lock-front collar having HARRK SHUAUVAY' the usual locking tab, said tab having a buti Witnesses: tonhole provided With a slit extending Roxanna E. HOLLINGER, downwardly and a recess located at the lower 1 L. NI. ELLENBOGEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patent: Washington. D. C.

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